Halo Beta Disc???

[Robert Martino]

[larryinc64]

I Don' Know, but I'm guessing by the text on the disc it wont work in a normal Xbox 360, Maybe rup the CD and upload it to Unseen 64 of the Cutting Room Floor community. They could probably examine it better.

[Robert Martino]

I Don' Know, but I'm guessing by the text on the disc it wont work in a normal Xbox 360, Maybe rup the CD and upload it to Unseen 64 of the Cutting Room Floor community. They could probably examine it better.

Good Idea, I'll get to it.

[MangChild]

That disc is a couple years old. You had to have registered to beta test xbox dashboard updates. Mircosoft sent them out along with a beta firmware download that was registered to your console only. Not everyone in the beta got a disc some just got the dashboard update. Mircosoft was experimenting with a new compression tech that would allow more data on a DVD. They didn't end up using it in the end and everyone who was sent a disc was given a free download of Halo reach. I was in the Beta test but was just a Dashboard tester. I think i didn't get the disc cause i had received a Kinect b4 that for beta testing.



Edit: Well guess I'm wrong after googling it myself the disc I was referring to looks different then that. Sorry to waste your time.

[RealPlumpBox]

I got one a few years ago.  it looks like this.  I got it for signing up for the new Dashboard beta.  It was to test out the new disk format that Microsoft was implementing to help fight piracy.

[Robert Martino]

So today I got around to playing it on my 360 and turns out it is the entire game

[Snowcone]

That's cool. Normally debug builds don't work on retail consoles. Most companies are happy to send us review copies of debug or early builds, but retail copies are harder to get. Sadly we only have retail consoles to play on.

[DarrienEmerald]

I got one a few years ago.  it looks like this.  I got it for signing up for the new Dashboard beta.  It was to test out the new disk format that Microsoft was implementing to help fight piracy.

There's multiple kinds then, because my disc doesn't look anything like that.  I don't the luxury of scanning it or taking a picture right now, as it's in a box as we're about to move (again...), but as soon as I get access to it again I'll put it up. 

[Robert Martino]

That's cool. Normally debug builds don't work on retail consoles.

Ya I know xD I was pretty surprised to see it running smoothly on my xbox. For the past 2 days I have been scanning through the game to see if I can find any elements that were taken out from the game. So far I have only found minor differences.... no huge discoveries. But none the less it is still fun to compare the two. Oh and not to mention a thrill to see the disc in action.